******************************************************************************* Advisors' Challenge 2007: Raise $8000 in 48 hours and the LINGUIST Advisors will donate an extra $2000! If you have not donated, please visit http://linguistlist.org/donate.html******************************************************************************* Current Top 5 Schools in LL Grad School Challenge: 1. Stanford University $1870 2. University of Massachusetts at Amherst $1717 3. University of Washington $1434 4. University of Toronto $815 5. Indiana University $810 To see the full list, go to: http://linguistlist.org/donation/fund-drive2007/allschools.cfm

Free Language Course: http://www.loquella.comLoquella.com, an online language course, offers free French and Spanish lessons. The lessons are based on the language course created by the Foreign Service Institute (FSI). The focus of each lesson is on teaching French and Spanish vocabulary and pronunciation. Vocabulary and pronunciation are taught through audio and text drills contained within a Flash movie.

Free French Lessons: http://www.loquella.com/learn-frenchCurrently there are six free, comprehensive French lessons, each containing between 1700 and 2200 sentences to learn and practice, with more French lessons to come. The French lessons focus heavily on teaching vocabulary and pronunciation. Each lesson contains four to five grammar subjects featured in each lesson. After each grammar subject is introduced the student practices that subject by going through extensive drills.

Students learning French at any level can move through the French lessons at their own speed. Students go through the lessons by reading the sentence in French and English while listening to audio in French, then repeating out load what they heard in the audio.

Free Spanish Lessons: http://www.loquella.com/learn-spanishThere are currently 55 FSI based Spanish lessons on www.loquella.com, each with between 500 and 1000 Spanish sentences to practice and repeat. Spanish lessons 56 – 63 are dialect lessons where students can listen to native Spanish speakers tell personal stories about their lives in their own distinct dialects.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $55,000. This money will go to help keep the
List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year.
See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out our Fund Drive 2007
LINGUIST List Superhero Adventure for some Fund Drive fun!
http://linguistlist.org/donation/fund-drive2007/
There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST!
You can donate right now using our secure credit card form.
Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later.
For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by
check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit:
http://linguistlist.org/donate.html
The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can
receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit
organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against
your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more
information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor.
Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift
you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human
resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns
to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the
value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment
to check if your company operates such a program.
Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST!
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